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Herefore that Zahere and ''Paoke might the better pleae both the King and Pope, they enforced all the Pators and citizens to ubcribe to their new Articles, and thoe who refued were to bee banihed the city. In the firt place ixe Pators were procribed, Wencelaus Poczatek, Pator of St. Gallus, George Smahal, Pator of St. Henry, Matin Betlem, Paul de St. Michaell, Martin de Opatowitz, and John Marua, after threecore and five of their chiefet citizens were procribed, amongt whom was Burian de Cornitz Doctour of law and Chancellour of Prague, John Hlawa, who was Exconull and others. Likewie a coulour was ought for the greater cruelty, a malicious invention being pread abroad concerning a certaine conpiracy of the Gopellers againt the Calixtines, that they might extort the confeion hereof, they did bring three citizens John Bonua, Matthew Hrzebenarz and Iohn Sliwkam'' to the rack, who rather choe to uffer innocently, than to bear fale witnee, a thing they utterly deteted in their concience.

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